[2] The church was built on a piece of land donated to the local Catholic congregation by Benjamin Badger.

In 1842, in The London and Dublin Orthodox Journal, he was reported as saying, "Although a member of the Church of England, you know from long acquaintance that I am no bigot.

On 5 October 1842, it was opened and dedicated by the Apostolic Vicar of the Yorkshire District, John Briggs.

[3][5] Also in the parish of St Bede's is Forty Martyrs Church in Kimberworth, Rotherham.

Forty Martyrs Church has a Sunday Mass at 5:00pm on Saturday afternoon.